Chapter 10 Taming the Beast

After Gao Fei returned, he did not rush to get close to the black bear. Instead, he turned around and searched in the bushes. He swung his stick to knock out a poisonous snake and dragged it out.

Gao Fei walked to the cave with the snake in his hand and whistled.

The black bear in the cave heard the whistle and stupidly poked its head out to look.

Gao Fei shook the poisonous snake at it and threw it away.

The black bear was frightened and retreated back into the cave. After a while, he bravely crawled out and stared at the weak and twisting poisonous snake. After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't suppress his beast instinct and pounced on the snake's head, bit off the snake's neck, tore open the snake's skin, and swallowed the white and tender snake meat in big mouthfuls.

Gao Fei watched the black bear eat. After waiting for a while, he finally received the expected system prompt:

"You need to make a DC15 Taming check to win the friendship of the cave black bear."

"You provided the cave black bear with its favorite food (live snakes), so you have an advantage in the Taming check."

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Gao Fei rubbed his hands, prayed to the goddess of luck, and then rolled two twenty-sided dice, 9 and 17 respectively.

This time, Gao Fei took advantage of both dice, and he could pass the check without taking into account the +4 Taming skill. The black bear's attitude towards him rose to "friendly"!

Great!

I can pet the bear happily!

Gao Fei couldn't help but wave his fist excitedly.

Immediately afterwards, he received another system prompt.

Congratulations on passing the Taming check and getting the interactive reward: 100XP!

Gao Fei then realized that the experience points gained from taming a black bear and hunting a black bear were the same. If he had known this, why would he have gone to such lengths to fight with the bear?

It seems that this simulation game designed by Tiangong does not advocate solving everything by violence. It is the right way to use your brain more.

Gao Fei went to the bushes to catch two more snakes to please the black bear and consolidate the friendship between man and bear.

The black bear had a full meal of snake meat and showed obvious affection for him afterwards. When he dared to touch the furry bear head, the black bear seemed to enjoy it very much.

Gao Fei thought the time was ripe, so he lit a torch, walked into the cave, inserted the torch into the crack of the cave wall, freed his hands to swing the big stick, and smashed the stalagmites blocking the way.

After clearing a path to the depths of the cave, Gao Fei turned around and blew a whistle, calling the black bear to come over, patted the bear's head, and signaled it to explore the way first.

The black bear did not know that there was a murderous intention lurking deep in the cave. It followed the direction of Gao Fei's finger. Before it went far, a black shadow swooped down from the air and wrapped around its head, scaring it to scream and roll over and struggle.

Gao Fei was not surprised by this scene. While the Dark Curtain Monster had not yet activated the "Dark Aura", he controlled Basaka to rush forward, stretched out his hand to grab the monster's soft membrane, assisted the black bear to tear it off his head, and threw it to the ground.

The Dark Curtain Monster failed in its sneak attack, and seemed to have a premonition that its death was approaching. It made a wail similar to a baby's cry, and squirmed to try to escape to the depths of the dark cave.

How could it escape?

The angry black bear rushed up and slapped the Dark Curtain Monster, causing it to bleed and roll to Basaka's feet.

Gao Fei found that Basaka tried to step on the Dark Curtain Monster, and was not afraid of being entangled by the other party again. He quickly issued a mental command to stop this idiot, and quickly switched back to the first-person perspective, kept a distance of two meters from the Dark Curtain Monster, and swung a big stick to beat it hard.

He was having a good time here, and suddenly received a system prompt-Novice Tutorial·Flanking Attack

Pincer attack: When you and at least one ally are besieging a lone enemy, you and your ally will get the advantage on both dice.

The Dark Mantle Beast that landed is no better than a chicken.

Gao Fei's Berserker and Black Bear both have the strength to kill it alone, not to mention two against one, forming a pincer attack from the front and back, both have an advantage in attack rolls!

One man and one bear mixed doubles, ping-pong, and a violent fight, in less than a minute, the Dark Mantle Beast was easily killed and 100 experience points were obtained.

Unfortunately, Basaka is not a druid or a ranger, and the black bear can only be his temporary ally rather than an animal companion, so he can't share the experience points gained from hunting monsters.

Gao Fei carefully poked the Dark Mantle Beast with a big stick, confirming that the monster was really dead, and then put away the big stick, rolled up the flat body of the Dark Mantle Beast, tied it with a cable, and temporarily hung it on a stalagmite, maybe it will come in handy in the future.

After dealing with the spoils, Gao Fei took back the torch and led Black Bear to explore the cave deeper. He walked to the end, but did not find any other threatening creatures.

At this time, the system prompted him to make a "perception check" to search for hidden items in the cave.

Perception checks can obtain modifications to proficiency and perception attributes. Basaka is not good at the skill of "perception" and cannot obtain proficiency bonus, but has 2 points of perception bonus.

The difficulty (DC) of this perception check is only 5, which is basically a free gift.

Gao Fei passed the test smoothly and found a worn-out pocket in the crevice of the rock at the end of the cave.

Gao Fei did not pick up the pocket rashly. He poked it a few times from a distance with a wooden stick and was ready to lie down on the spot at any time.

There was nothing unusual about the pocket, so there should be no trap.

Gao Fei breathed a sigh of relief, picked the pocket out of the crevice with a wooden stick, gently opened the bag mouth, and took the torch to check it closely.

The bag contained a few miscellaneous items, including a small package of slightly moldy tobacco, a tinderbox, two candles, a meerschaum pipe, a rusty dagger, 12 silver coins, an ivory seal, and two leather-bound notebooks.

Gao Fei first took the seal and looked at it. The name of the owner of the seal was engraved on it - Fred Lange.

Gao Fei put down the ivory seal and opened the two leather notebooks. One of them was a book for recording shipping goods and various expenses, and the other was a navigation diary.

The owner of the diary was Fred Lange. His origins were unknown. Gao Fei could only learn from the diary that he had served as the first mate on the privateer "Flying Fish".

In the world of Vares set in the background of the game, privateers are simply official pirate ships authorized by the royal family.

The captain of the "Flying Fish" was named Cos. He was once very popular among sailors. However, according to Fred Lange's complaints in his diary, the captain had become increasingly tyrannical in recent times and would whip or even kill the sailors on the ship if he was not satisfied.

Unable to bear the captain's abuse, the crew secretly contacted the ship's first mate Fred Lange to plan a rebellion to overthrow Captain Coase's rule and exile the tyrant to a deserted island.

The plan was still in the making when it was leaked.

That night, Captain Coase led a group of loyalists to launch a sudden attack, intending to kill all the rebels first.

The rebels led by Fred Lange were unwilling to sit and wait for death, so they rose up in resistance, and a fierce fight broke out on the ship.

The two factions fought fiercely, and no one cared to steer the ship. The Flying Fish deviated from its course until it ran aground on a deserted island.